The Sensible Mom

Now that the ebook is finished, I’m ready to start working harder towards accomplishing my goals each week.

I’m also going to start getting to bed before 1:00am. Yeah.

Okay, here’s how I did with last week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Work on putting into practice (more often) the verse of scripture that we memorized last week – Titus 3:2 (to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people) – We continued to practice the verse, talk about it, and worked toward living it out. We are still far from where we need to be and we are going to continue to work on loving each other like Jesus, but we are starting to memorize the Ten Commandments with the kids this week.

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed – I did this for the most part, except for Sunday night (I jumped back on around 8:45pm) when I realized there was yet ANOTHER issue with my ebook formatting being wonky. I tell ya! I’ve already said it a couple of times to others, but I’ll say it again, I’m so not going to be offering ebook formatting services in my design shop. I will have no hair left if I do. I’ll reserve those services for EXTREMELY close family and friends. Lol! 🙂

Seriously, though, I absolutely loved being off of the computer between 8:00-9:00pm when the kids were getting ready for bed and the night was winding down. It made our bedtime routine go so much smoother, and I think it made our time together before bed – less stressful. I am continuing this routine and plan to make it a habit.

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week…starting today

5. Walk on the treadmill at least 3 days this week – I didn’t get on the treadmill at all last week, and I realized as I was dancing to music in my office with my baby girl in my arms that I don’t need to get on the treadmill to exercise. Duh, I know.

At this point, because it isn’t always convenient for me to take 30 minutes alone to walk on the treadmill (since I’m not waking up before the kids right now – remember the 1:00am bedtime?), I’m going to focus on exercising with them during the day. That may be a dance party in my office or it may mean I run around and act crazy with my boys. Probably both.

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room. It’s LEGO city, literally. – I did a little cleaning, but it’s still LEGO city in there.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile. – Does putting one outlet cover in the wall count?

Business Goals:

8. Sign up for e-junkie

9. Finish first draft of the ebook and send for editing

10. Blog at least 4 times this week – Not done, but I’m going to focus on spending less time on social media and more time writing blog posts.

And now for this week’s goals:

Family/Mothering Goals:

1. Memorize the first two of the Ten Commandments (you shall have no other gods before Me, and you shall not make unto yourselves any graven image)

2. Be off the computer from 8-9pm when the kids are getting ready for bed (working on making this a habit)

Personal Goals:

3. Drink juice at least 2 days this week

4. Read my bible everyday this week

5. Exercise with the kids

Home Management Goals:

6. Help the kids get a handle on the LEGO mess in their room.

7. Work on child-proofing, because Elisabeth is officially mobile.

Business Goals:

8. Decide whether or not to sign up to do Kindle Select for my ebook (basically, the ebook is exclusively available on Kindle for 90 days and Amazon offers some perks)

9. Fill out my author page on Amazon

10. Blog at least 4 times this week

What goals do you have for this week? How did you do on last week’s goals?